E3 2000: 989 Sports MIA

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The company officially announced a ton of new sports games, but only a few of them were at the show.

By Dave Zdyrko

On the day before the start of the show, we reported the massive sports lineup for 989 Sports that included NFL GameDay 2001, NCAA GaemBreaker 2001, NHL FaceOff 2001, NBA ShootOut 2001, and NCAA Final Four 2001 for both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 platforms. Surprisingly however, none of these games were shown at E3 in playable form as originally planned -- the company simply had games from this past year's lineup on display instead.

When asked why none of the games were playable, the 989 representative told us that the titles weren't ready to be shown and that we would be able to get a hands-on look at them later this summer. With that, stay tuned to IGNPS2 in the coming months, as we'll have additional information and hands-on impressions of 989 Sports' hot sports lineup.